Dam nation; dispatches from Water Underground!

Monday, July 16th


Manila, CA 7:30pm -- Book Reading and Discussion

"Dam Nation; Dispatches from Water Underground"

Both radical history of water and DIY guide to sustainable technologies, Dam Nation: Dispatches from the Water Underground combines an analysis of water's history with the active fight for its future. Bringing together hundreds of national and international projects, organizations, and strategies, Dam Nation investigates political economy and environmental impact of water consumption. It also gives readers easy, cheap, and thought-provoking ways to join the 'water underground' themselves. The book illustrates:

How corrupt water policy led to bloody battles during the settlement of the American West

How a Michigan town being drained by the Nestle Corporation is fighting to block water privatization nationwide

How to reuse household water to create lush gardens

How to build a composting toilet and a pedal-powered washing machine

How to cultivate a pond filled with edible plants and mosquito-eating fish

How residents jump started municipal eco-projects in such diverse locales as Tijuana, Mexico City, Zimbabwe and Arcata, California

How a 'protest village' in Thailand and a neighborhood association in Louisiana both beat back dam and canal expansion with grassroots organizing

How a coalition of Native American tribes organized cross culturally, leading Scottish shareholders to stand up for tribal salmon rights

And much more!

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Event location;

100 Fires Books
1485 Peninsula Dr.

(on the ocean side of town, 1/4 mile south of the community center)

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